2014年11月14日 星期五

2014-11-15 Canada English Science

  Reuters   
Defying odds, comet lander phones home  Reuters
French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) president Jean-Yves Le Gall (L) and French President Francois Hollande wear 3D glasses during a visit at the Cite des Sciences at La Villette in Paris as they follow the successful landing of the Philae lander ...

Comet lander still 'talking,' but scientists face race against time   Fox News
Comet lander: Philae sends data from surface   BBC News
Rosetta lander Philae performs two tricky maneuvers, but unclear if the comet ...   National Post
WDRB   
Chron.com   
all 1,564 news articles »   


Fishermen's union speaks out against proposed piloting change in Placentia Bay  Gander Beacon
The union representing fishermen and plant workers in the province charges people who live and work in and around Placentia Bay are “under assault” by the Atlantic Pilotage Authority (APA). The Atlantic Pilotage Authority has begun a process to evaluate if ...

Oil spill fears in Placentia Bay over proposed changes to tanker rules   CBC.ca

all 8 news articles »   

  BBC News   
Astronaut Chris Hadfield depicts Earth's beauty from space  BBC News
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has published a book of photographs looking back at Earth from the ''unique and privileged'' vantage point of the International Space Station. It depicts some of the highlights of the planet, including Mauritania's Sahara ''eye ...

An Astronaut's Photographs of our Planet's Beauty and Mutilations   Hyperallergic
Astronaut shares photos of Earth from space   CBBC Newsround
Hadfield bringing his stories and pictures to NAC   Ottawa Citizen
The Coast Halifax   
Maine News Online   
all 10 news articles »   


Lower Trent Conservation Board of Director November Meeting: Highlights  NorthumberlandView.ca
1. Trent Source Protection Plan Approved by the Province: The Trent Source Protection Plan has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. The plan, effective on January 1, 2015, sets out policies that will protect the water sources ...

Legislation Aims to Protect Ontario's Environment   Canada NewsWire (press release)
Province of Ontario re-introducing invasive...   www.insideottawavalley.com/

all 4 news articles »   

  Uncover California   
Male Chimpanzees treat Females aggressively to Father More Babies  Uncover California
According to a new study, aggressive male chimpanzees treat females aggressively to force them mate regularly in order to father more babies. The findings of the study have been published in the US journal Current Biology and were based on a long-term ...

Male Chimps, Being Coercer Gets You Laid   Capital Wired
Research study links aggression in male chimpanzees to better mating chances   Beta Wired
Bullying Increases Mating Prospects For Male Chimpanzees [STUDY]   ValueWalk
Mother Nature Network   
Auto World News   
Design & Trend   
all 85 news articles »   

  CBC.ca   
Siding bubbling up at $78M downtown Windsor aquatic centre  CBC.ca
A problem may be bubbling up at Windsor's downtown new aquatic centre. There may be waves on the inside of the $78-million facility, but there are ripples and bubbles forming on the siding outside. "I see some siding that's all bubbled up," said Roger ...

Siding bubbles up on new aquatic centre   Windsor Star (blog)

all 2 news articles »   

  Vancouver Sun   
Google investor and UBC alumnus David Cheriton donates $7.5 million to UBC  Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER - Founding Google investor and University of British Columbia alumnus David Cheriton has donated $7.5 million to UBC's department of computer science. In a statement, UBC says $7 million will go toward creating a new chair in computer ...

Founding Google investor Cheriton donates $7.5 million to UBC computer science   University of British Columbia

all 5 news articles »   

  Energy Collective   
Climate change risks  The News International
According to reports, climate change may have serious, pervasive and irreversible impacts on human society and nature. A draft UN report says governments still have time to avert the worst. Delegates from more than 100 countries and top scientists met in ...

IPCC Chairman urges Singapore to do more to address climate change   Channel News Asia
Climate change debate in decline   Mail & Guardian Online
UN official: China-US climate pact 'heartening' but short of what's needed   Chicago Tribune
Reuters Africa   
Reuters UK   
all 119 news articles »   

  PerfScience   
Lava flow at Hawaii trash transfer station stops  Washington Post
PAHOA, Hawaii — Lava that was filling the driveway of a Hawaii trash transfer station has stopped. Hawaii County Civil Defense officials say a breakout of the lava flow near the transfer station wasn't active Friday. It's no longer burning asphalt. Officials ...

Kilauea Volcano's Lava Flow hit Three Spots in Pahoa   PerfScience
Kilauea lava flow breaks out, heads towards Apaa Street in Pahoa   Beta Wired

all 165 news articles »   

  Daily Mail   
New Horizons probe is ready for wake-up call as it approaches planet Pluto  Daily Mail
For eight years, a Pluto-bound spacecraft has been snoozing through space as it drifts nearly three billion miles (4.8 billion km) from Earth. But it will soon be time to wake up the New Horizons probe from its long slumber, as scientists prepare it for a six-month ...

NASA's New Horizons Set to “Wake-Up” for Pluto Encounter   ENGINEERING.com
NASA`s New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto is ready for wake-up call   Daily News & Analysis
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto is ready for wake-up call   Zee News
Phys.Org   
all 13 news articles »   

沒有留言:

張貼留言